Huo Yuhao had reached the end of his rope. The silver-white vertical eye light shadow behind him, whose radiance had originally been flickering, began to tremble violently under the frenzied scouring of the thunder vortex, like a candle in the wind, about to be extinguished at any moment.
Huo Yuhao's consciousness was already blurring. The sea of purple thunder before his eyes began to overlap and spin, and every inch of his nerves was wailing.
"Not good, this kid has reached his limit."
Mu Ye, who had been standing with his hands behind his back and watching coldly, suddenly narrowed his eyes the moment that silver-white light shadow was about to collapse.
Swish!
Without any visible movement, he instantly vanished from his spot like a shadow cutting through the darkness, and before the monstrous thunder wave could crash down, a large hand had already firmly pressed onto Huo Yuhao's shoulder.
Mu Ye flickered while carrying Huo Yuhao and retreated to the safety zone at the edge of the thunder pool.
As for Tang Wulin deep in the thunder pool, Mu Ye glanced at him and saw the golden scales on the kid's body shimmering with light, and the dragon's roar growing increasingly excited. Knowing that the Little freak could still hold on, he turned his attention back to Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao was charred black all over, emitting a faint burnt smell, his skin and flesh torn open, looking extremely miserable.
Mu Ye's expression was calm as he took out a jade bottle from his bosom, poured out an emerald-colored medicinal pill that emitted a rich, herbal fragrance, and stuffed it directly into Huo Yuhao's mouth. At the same time, he placed one hand against his heart, and his vast, ocean-like Spirit Power gently poured in, guiding the medicinal efficacy to circulate through Huo Yuhao's damaged meridians.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Huo Yuhao finally let out a weak groan.
"Ugh..."
Huo Yuhao struggled to open his eyes, feeling as if every bone in his body had been dismantled and reassembled.
When his still-dazed azure eyes met Mu Ye's stiff face, he gave a sudden jolt, and a massive sense of panic instantly surged into his heart.
"Senior Mu Ye... I'm sorry..."
Huo Yuhao struggled to stand up, but his sore and weak limbs caused him to fall back down.
He lowered his head, his voice filled with guilt and disappointment.
"I... I still couldn't hold on. I'm too weak and have disappointed you, even causing you to personally intervene to save me."
In his view, Mu Ye personally saving him meant that he had completely failed the assessment.
This result was simply too unsightly.
"Who told you that you didn't pass the test?"
Mu Ye snorted coldly. Although his tone remained stiff, a trace of appreciation was hidden deep in his eyes.
"Ah?"
Huo Yuhao was stunned and looked up in disbelief.
Mu Ye stood up and looked down at him. Although his tone remained calm, it carried an inexplicable majesty.
"Although you didn't stay in this thunder pool for long, you accomplished something I didn't dare hope you could complete right now. Feel your current state."
Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and looked inward as instructed.
It didn't matter if he didn't look, but upon looking, he froze in place.
Originally, his meridians were tough but relatively slender. Now, they had widened several times over and presented an extremely strange silver-white color, with arcs of electricity faintly flowing on the surface.
"You have completed the secondary awakening of your Spirit."
Mu Ye sighed with some emotion.
"For the past half month, you have eaten the academy's top-tier medicinal meals every day and soaked in the marrow-cleansing medicinal baths I prepared regardless of cost. Your body had already accumulated immense potential and nutrients. Just now, under the extreme pressure of the thunder pool, combined with your extremely tenacious will, these accumulations finally erupted completely, facilitating the secondary awakening of your Body Spirit."
"If we were on the sea, I would have made you undergo forty-nine days of training, but here, I never thought one day would be enough."
Looking at Huo Yuhao's confused expression, Mu Ye sat cross-legged and explained patiently.
"The light shadow after a Body Spirit awakening represents the level of awakening. Black Iron level, the light shadow is black, increasing combat power by about 30%. Bronze level, the light shadow is bronze-colored, increasing it by about 60%. And what you just displayed is Silver level, with a silver-white light shadow, which means your Spirit's combat power has instantly increased by 100%!"
"Even within the Body Sect, those who achieve Silver level awakening on their first attempt are extremely rare."
Huo Yuhao listened, his heart surging. He never expected to receive such a great fortune!
He suddenly realized that if not for Mu Ye's almost crazy special training, and if not for his teacher's careful cultivation over the past half month, he would never have reached this point.
"Thank you for your cultivation, Senior Mu Ye!" Huo Yuhao prostrated himself again, his eyes slightly hot. "Still calling me Senior?"
Mu Ye slanted a glance at him, and the corner of his mouth finally curled into an extremely subtle arc.
Huo Yuhao trembled all over, the look of wild joy instantly written all over his face. Without any hesitation, he heavily kowtowed three times on the ground.
"Teacher!"
He called out this "Teacher" willingly, his heart and lungs trembling from the emotion.
"Mm."
Mu Ye accepted this gesture, his expression softening much more.
"Get up. There is a bigger surprise waiting for you. Check your Spirit Power level."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao hurriedly circulated his energy to check.
Upon checking, he was so shocked he almost jumped up.
"Level 28?! This... how is this possible?"
Huo Yuhao's voice was trembling. He had obtained his second Spirit Ring and reached level 22 only a few days ago. But now, after one baptism in the thunder pool, he had actually jumped six levels?
"What is impossible about it?" Mu Ye said indifferently. "Your previous accumulation was too profound; your body was like a spring compressed to its limit. In that thunder pool, your body was shattered and then reassembled, and the thorough fusion of those immortal-grade medicinal effects made crossing these levels a matter of course."
Huo Yuhao clenched his fists tightly, feeling the surging, tide-like Spirit Power within his body and the minute, detailed perception brought about by the awakening of his Spirit Eyes. His gratitude toward Dean Lin Feng, this academy, and Teacher Mu Ye had reached an indescribable level.
"This kind of improvement... it's like a dream."
Huo Yuhao looked back at the thunder pool, his eyes filled with a new sense of yearning. Although he had been half-dead in the thunder pool just now and nearly died, the massive improvement from a single session meant he had earned a fortune.
Just at this moment, Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered Tang Wulin and asked about his situation.
"He is still holding on." Mu Ye answered indifferently.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but gasp. The energy in the thunder pool where Tang Wulin was located was stronger than his own, yet he could stay for such a long time. The improvement after coming out would definitely be terrifying!
Of course, Huo Yuhao did not hope for an improvement like Tang Wulin's; what he had now was enough. The help from this academy and Teacher Mu Ye had brought him to where he was now, and he was quite satisfied.
"If he also passes this test, then he will also be a member of the Body Sect."
Body Sect?
Hearing these three words now, Huo Yuhao felt confused. Isn't this Shrek Academy? His teacher is from the Body Sect; what does this mean?
...
Dean's Office.
[Ding!]
[Detected that the child of destiny, Huo Yuhao, has increased his recognition that Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy!]
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the reward: A Ruheng (Titled Douluo level), Sima Jinchi (Level 98 Super Douluo)]
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
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